The Environment Now programme has funded 50 young people aged 17-24 from across the UK with a £10,000 grant to use digital technology to find innovative solutions to environmental issues. The programme is funded by O2 and the National Lottery’s Big Lottery Fund through the Our Bright Future programme, and is managed by the National
Last weeks Civil Society Strategy can be found in full here, or please find our summary of the key sections for the youth sector here. At last we have the long-awaited government Strategy for the Civil Society. It’s not the ‘Youth Statement’ many have longed for, but it is to be welcomed as a Government
Please see below our summary of the 123 page newly published Civil Society Strategy. Note: This summary simply highlights and reorganises the Civil Society Strategy, this is not a critique or comment from the NYA on the document. You can find our comments here and the full .gov document here We have pulled out the
NYA endorses the proposed review on statutory youth service guidance NYA welcomes plans in today’s Civil Society Strategy to review the guidance handed from government to local authorities on what constitutes an appropriate youth service, and hopes that further details and timescales will be made available soon. Chief Executive, Leigh, said “We are pleased to
After nearly ten years as a trustee, three as chair, Michael Bracey will step down from the Board of the National Youth Agency. In a letter to colleagues, supporters and fellow Board Members, Michael paid tribute to “all those excellent people I’ve had the pleasure of working with at the NYA. This includes two other
Response to the Labour Party Statutory Youth Service consultation Leigh Middleton, Chief Executive, National Youth Agency (NYA): “Investment in youth work is vital to support and develop the life skills and opportunities of young people. We welcome the Labour Party’s consultation and recognition of the need for quality youth services, enabling access to both open
The Government has this week released its findings to the recent consultation on Children’s Mental Health.[1] The report provides very little space for youth work or youth workers in its findings, preferring instead to focus on the provision of mental health support and care in schools and the NHS; a path that was clear from
Please note, this is just one of the several weekly pieces we present. To access the others please signup, free, to the NYA Network Following on from our recent feature article, in which we looked at the example of voting at 16 in the Isle of Man,[1] we provide a small argument for why we should recognise
NYA are pleased to launch the newly redeveloped and designed Hear by Right framework. On Monday 2nd July the NYA was joined by over 50 young people and MPs to launch the new look Hear by Right framework in the Houses of Commons. At the launch of #HearByRight with the @natyouthagency and #NYACrowdBurst – GREAT
The below was written by one of our network members in response to our recent article which questions whether the massive investments most people put into university education are realised by adequate rewards.[1] There is a suggestion in this piece that regardless of any causes of pressure, stress, and poor mental health universities do not